“I was in a shop a few days later telling the woman who worked there how my left wrist was more severe than my right and she pointed to my [hair] elastic and said ‘stop doing that then’.

“I was like ‘pardon me’ and she explained that a neurologist had told her not to do it because it can cause issues.”

She said her symptoms include circulation issues, damage and inflammation – and when she isn’t using her left wrist it goes numb.

Of her hair band use, Ms McLennan said: “It was just a habit, it was always on my wrist whenever it wasn’t in my hair.”

“I’m so aware now that I shouldn’t be doing it but I’ll be cleaning the house, find an elastic and put it on my wrist, then I think, ‘oh no, what am I doing’. I have taken to using a hair claw instead, so I don’t put the elastic on my wrist.”

Ms McLennan warned: “Don’t do it”.

“Just don’t. Whether it causes issues right now or not, it’s an easy fix, an easy, proactive way to save yourself pain later,” she added.

We have shared a warning previously not to wear hair ties around your wrist after one woman ended up in hospital with a painful infection. Read more on her story HERE.

I’ve done this a few times not thinking but I didn’t realise it would cause problems. I’m now very vigilant on where my hair ties go. Only problem is now I keep losing them or forgetting where they are

I don’t believe it causes the problem rather it may make it worse if you have it really tight and for too long, I use those really soft ones that are thicker and it is never tight if I put it on my wrist and only for a short time.